5. Discipline
Discipline is the use of methods to teach
children behavior guidelines.
Teaching these guidelines
should begin as the child
begins to move around.
6. To get along in the world…
• Children need some
basic guidelines for
behavior.
• Adults have the
responsibility to teach
children how to
behave.
• Older brothers and
sisters help by setting
good examples.
7. Discipline Teaches.....
• Self-control
• Limits
• Behavior patterns that are acceptable to
society.
It should involve respect, support and
encouragement as well as communication
of limits or boundaries.
8. Effective Techniques
Set limits
with rules
Rules are necessary to
protect a child from
danger and set examples
of acceptable behavior.
Everyone is more
confident and comfortable
knowing how to act in a
new situation.
9. Communication
Tell the child what he or she must do rather than what
they should not do!
Keep explanations simple and brief, they have limited
vocabulary and a limited attention span.
Be prepared to repeat over and over to toddlers.
The difficult hostile child is the one who needs love and
guidance the most!
10. Positive Reinforcement
• Children repeat the
actions they are praised
for!.
• Children give up any
actions that are ignored
by others.
11. Be Consistent!
Discipline the same way every time
that behavior occurs.
Be Fair!
Be reasonable and impartial.
Be Firm!
Stick to your rules.
12. Rewards
• Reward the good behavior
– don’t only notice the
negative behavior.
• Be immediate and direct
with discipline and
rewards – hugs are free!
13. DO:
• Set good examples and be the role model.
• Use timeout-remove the child from the misbehavior- this should
give them time to think about the misbehavior.
• Take away privileges to promote desired behavior-especially
with older children.
• Discipline the behavior-not the child!
14. • Consider the child’s age and ability.
• Match the consequence with the crime
(misbehavior).
15. DON’T:
• Do not Rely on physical punishment!
• Do not Make threats you cannot keep – older
children.
• Do not yell – talk to the child and explain why he
or she should or should not do certain things.
• Parents should be in agreement about discipline or
not be in disagreement in front of the child.
16. Negative Reinforcement
Punishment
It tends to discourage the behavior with which it is
associated.
• Punishment should not take the place of
encouragement and clearly stated limits.
• It can be part of positive and effective discipline,
when used with good judgment.
17. Children are positively disciplined when:
• They are shown positive alternatives rather than
just told “no”
• They are encouraged to think of alternatives
to the misbehavior
• Their display of appropriate behavior is recognized
and rewarded
18. • They see how their actions affect others
• They are respected
• The expectations are fair, simple and consistently
enforced.
Children are positively
disciplined when
19. Children are inconsistently disciplined
when:
• Different limits are set on different days by the same
person
• Different adults set different limits
• No limits are set
• Limits are able to be changed
• Adult expectations are too high or low
21. Be preventative
• Cue the child using verbal, model, physical,
props or other prompts
• Ignore the inappropriate behavior
• Redirect or distract from potential problems
• State the rule before it is broken
• Give two appropriate alternative choices before
the inappropriate behavior occurs
22. Positive discipline is used when:
• Adults use a plan to:
– Respond quickly and calmly, using few words
– Reduce the misbehavior
– Replace the misbehavior by teaching an alternative,
appropriate skill that serves the same purpose as
the misbehavior
24. Books I recommend:
The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey
The Emperor and the Kite by Jane
Yolen
Mahesh Ramamurthy
Contact me at info@ntc-india.co.in
Notas del editor
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Talk about some of the ideas listed on the mind maps and add this information if it did not appear on any group’s flip chart.
Continue to share.
Presenter should share how it makes adults feel when there are inconsistent expectations placed on them.
If your supervisor asks you to do one thing one day and something else the next day, you might display the following behaviors:
Put off doing the task.
Complain.
Rant and rave to a friend or colleague.
Share information on slide with the participants and do the following activity.
Activity
Ask participants about what inconsistency in discipline looks like in the classroom. What behaviors would the children possibly demonstrate?
What could you do to the environment to prevent the behavior from ever occurring?
If children are climbing on the cots stacked in the corner, remove the cots.
If children are running through the classroom because there are wide-open spaces, move furniture to create smaller, more contained areas.
If children are getting into fights because the block area is too small, make the area bigger or limit the number of children that can be in the area at one time.
If children are taking too long to clean up, make sure that all shelves and containers are marked with words and photos so children will know where things go quickly.
Here are more preventative techniques.
The exact opposite occurs when positive discipline strategies are used and adults have a plan and use the three “Rs” — respond, reduce and replace. Teaching is the key to positive discipline. The child must be taught an appropriate behavior that will get the same result as the inappropriate behavior that is used.